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Walmart is accused of selling AI artwork in stores

An AI painting of a Chanel perfume bottle was spotted at a Walmart. The canvas was marked down from $26.54 to $22.15 with the word 'CHANE' stamped in the middle.

2024-04-24T19:21:40Z

Realme sets sights on SA market with budget friendly, feature rich phones

Realme, a rapidly expanding Chinese smartphone brand that began life as an Oppo sub-brand for the Indian market, has officially made its debut in the fiercely competitive South African smartphone market. The company snuck into the country midway through 2023 and has sold over 20,000 devices in the budget segment.Gareth Clarke, Realme South Africa account lead, addresses the crowd at the Cape Town launch event.“We aim to be another credible...

2024-04-25T00:09:47Z

Employers blamed for R7bn in unpaid pension contributions

Most funds choose to act late against employers, thereby rendering a portion of the outstanding amount legally unrecoverable.

2024-04-25T06:16:03Z

Tattooed woman vents about job market after rejection from TJ Maxx

Ash Putnam, 23, got rejected by email a few weeks after applying, and was told in person she lacked requisite experience. But she suspected that her tattoos were the real reason.

2024-04-24T22:28:50Z

Does the JSE still offer long-term value?

Finding value in a depressed earnings’ environment

2024-04-25T06:06:07Z

The influence of wearable tech on fitness culture

In the years post the pandemic, health and well-being are not just aspirations but essential components of a modern lifestyle, and wearable technology has emerged as a key player in shaping fitness culture. The rise of wearable tech reflects a broader societal shift towards a more proactive and informed approach to health, highlighting the importance of data-driven decisions in personal well-being.Smartwatches, classified as wearable technology,...

2024-04-25T00:09:42Z

Thousands of Americans are struggling to access Chase accounts

Chase Bank is down for users across the US that complain they can't access their app and website.

2024-04-24T20:52:37Z

BHP makes offer to acquire Anglo American in mega transaction

Anglo American confirmed on Thursday that it had received an unsolicited, non-binding and highly conditional combination proposal from BHP Group Limited.

2024-04-25T07:51:27Z

Quilter share price surges after it flags strong first quarter new business flows

Group assets under management increased due to better net inflows and higher equity markets, partially offset by rising bond yields that reduced the market value of bond portfolios

2024-04-25T07:06:22Z

England legend John Barnes banned from being company director

Mr Barnes, 60, has signed a disqualification undertaking banning him from being a company director for three-and-a-half years, the Insolvency Service said.

2024-04-24T19:21:36Z

Teslas Have Cheapest 10-Year Maintenance Costs: Consumer Reports

Tesla beats out Toyota on estimated maintenance and repair costs, according to a new study.

2024-04-24T19:55:25Z

Australia's best companies to work for revealed - so is yours listed?

The eighth annual LinkedIn Top Companies list outlines which businesses are top of the pile for employee flexibility and the opportunity for career growth in Australia.

2024-04-25T07:23:21Z

Mining giant BHP launches bid to takeover rival Anglo American

Anglo American did not disclose the price of the ‘unsolicited’ offer, which must be sewn up before a deadline of May 22.

2024-04-25T03:05:46Z

Kris Jenner becomes Meghan's latest friend to be gifted a jam jar

The Kardashian momager and reality TV star shared a snap of the pot nestled in a bowl of lemons alongside a handwritten letter, presumably from Meghan.

2024-04-25T07:08:25Z

How much funding does your small business need?

Many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often struggle with determining the optimal amount of funding required for their business due to various practical challenges.Louise Naidoo | image suppliedTo begin with, no business is the same. Funding requirements and the use of credit will vary based on the business life stage (start, run or grow), operating cycles, growth plans, industry, and market conditions. There is no one-size-fits-all...

2024-04-25T00:09:51Z

Development levy driving business from Durban

Durban Chamber of Commerce, property association sound warning over policy.

2024-04-25T07:51:33Z

Ford Will Build Profitable, Affordable Sub-$30,000 EVs

Ford isn't making money selling EVs, but it's learning that consumers want cheap EVs. Ford promises to deliver them.

2024-04-24T22:25:47Z

Reach South African investors and high-net-worth individuals on their smartphones

Affluent South Africans consume the majority of their content on their smartphones, and companies can take advantage of this to boost their marketing ROI.Daily Investor is South Africa’s leading investment news website and the preferred platform for South Africa’s top finance and investment companies to advertise their products.- Click here to contact the Daily Investor marketing team.This is thanks to Daily Investor’s affluent audience, which...

2024-04-25T00:09:49Z

Labour's plan to nationalise railways could hike costs by £10 billion

Industry bosses said taxpayers would be liable for ballooning subsidies or face services being slashed to pay for the programme, which could cost up to £10billion.

2024-04-25T00:07:18Z

Eskom has spent billions burning diesel to keep the lights on

Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan said Eskom has spent billions on diesel between the 2019/20 financial year and the 2023/24 period.

2024-04-25T07:56:59Z

How to protect your trusty two-wheeler against the risks of the road (or trail) with bicycle insurance

Bicycle insurance bridges this risk gap while providing you with a safety net.

2024-04-25T08:36:37Z

SNP high taxes ARE driving away Scotland's top earners

More than 1,000 higher and top earners have quit Scotland to escape the SNP's punishing tax regime.

2024-04-24T22:06:56Z

South African retailers have arrived at an e-commerce crossroads

South Africa’s e-commerce landscape has arrived at an important juncture. The explosive growth observed during the pandemic years has slowed down somewhat and consumer spending power has faltered amid low economic growth and a global cost of living crisis. At the same time, competition is heating up.Zak Haeri - managing director for NIQ and GfK in South AfricaAsian retailers such as Shein and Temu are upending segments of the e-commerce market,...

2024-04-25T00:09:52Z

VML's Parusha Partab: Challenging the commonplace notion of strategy

Parusha Partab has been appointed the first chief strategy officer of the newly formed VML South Africa.Parusha Partab, VML SA's first chief strategy officer, is challenging the commonplace notion of strategy (Image supplied)Last year WPP announced the merger of Wunderman Thompson and VMLY&R (globally) to form VML, operational from 1 January 2024.Previous group strategy director at Wunderman Thompson Partab’s work will lay the foundation for the...

2024-04-25T00:09:43Z

Investment in social enterprise yields double-win

Social enterprises are attracting growing recognition for their potential to address some of South Africa’s most pressing challenges, combining profit generation with positive social development goals. Recent research suggests that social enterprises, already a valuable source of job creation across the continent, could be responsible for more than 5.5 million direct jobs by 2030. In recognition of this growing value, responsible business...

2024-04-25T00:09:40Z

Parliament committee passes unresolved issues at SOEs to new administration

The Committee also said the issues faced by SOEs were much more difficult for it to handle and it was apparent that SOEs were in deep trouble.

2024-04-25T04:20:56Z

Proof of damage that's being inflicted by financially illiterate SNP

Life's two certainties used to be death and taxes. But in Scotland there is a difference. Death doesn't get worse every time the Scottish Government delivers a Budget.

2024-04-24T22:06:56Z

Labour's plan to outlaw zero-hours would be unpopular, study finds

The Resolution Foundation think-tank said three-quarters of employers use 'flexible' contracts to help manage ups and downs in customer demand, keeping costs down.

2024-04-25T00:07:15Z

Disney sells off tiny homes at its Fort Wilderness Resort for $50,000

Disney Resorts are selling all of their fully-furnished cabins from their Fort Wilderness Resort to make way for a new resort.

2024-04-24T18:51:46Z

Average take-home pay fell in March on market and economic strains: BankservAfrica

Shergeran Naidoo, BankservAfrica’s head of stakeholder engagements, said salaries in March declined below levels recorded the same month in 2023.

2024-04-25T05:06:02Z

L’Oréal, Unesco unveil Women in Science Young Talent Search in SA

The Foundation L’Oréal, in collaboration with Unesco, has announced the launch of the sixth iteration of the Women in Science Young Talent Search in South Africa.Image suppliedThis initiative invites exceptional female researchers under the age of 40 from a variety of scientific disciplines, encompassing formal sciences, life sciences, environmental sciences, physical sciences, engineering, and technological sciences, to submit their...

2024-04-25T00:09:45Z

Nedbank flags unstable coalitions, Trump victory as major risk events to confidence

Nedbank senior economist Isaac Matshego said the election outcome was bringing a lot of uncertainty for investors, and there had been a slow implementation of structural reforms, whilst corruption and mismanagement had continued to prevail.

2024-04-25T03:50:54Z

Yamaha XSR900 GP Gets Even More Retro With New 80s Classic Fairings

We still can't have it and just keep rubbing our faces in it, Yamaha.

2024-04-24T23:58:01Z

MTN Group appoints M&C Saatchi Abel and Group of Companies as its global marketing partner

MTN Group is delighted to announce the appointment of M&C Saatchi Abel and Group of Companies, a pan-African marketing services firm, as its new marketing services partner across all MTN Group operating companies, effective 1 January 2025. This partnership underscores our ongoing commitment to pioneering innovative and impactful marketing strategies across our diverse markets.Jacques BurgerM&C Saatchi Abel and Group of Companies was selected...

2024-04-25T00:09:36Z

$400,000 Washington home goes up for sale - with a WILD surprise

The two-bedroom property is nestled in a secluded area in Port Orchard, Washington, and comes with the perfect feature for those who worry about the end of the world.

2024-04-24T22:13:58Z

MKBHD Says Toyota BZ4X Is A Good Electric Car But It Has One Big Flaw

The tech reviewer spent over a week with a Toyota bZ4X and he really liked it except for its limited range, especially in winter.

2024-04-24T18:55:14Z

Miller & Carter divides opinion by asking traveller customer for ID

A TikTok clip shared to the account @gypsytravellerleague showed a manager at the Epping branch telling traveller customers they needed to present ID to order food.

2024-04-25T08:15:22Z

Mercedes taking action to cure F1 car's “underlying balance” problem

Mercedes has revealed it is working on new components that are aimed at curing the “underlying balance” problems that are holding it back in Formula 1 this season.

2024-04-25T08:14:51Z

Qualcomm unveils shortlisted startups for Make in Africa 2024

Qualcomm has announced the shortlisted startups for its Qualcomm Make in Africa 2024 competition, as well as the winner of the 2023 Wireless Reach Social Impact Fund.Source: PexelsThe Qualcomm Africa Innovation Platform, now in its second year, aims to work with and support the development of Africa's emerging technology ecosystem by providing mentorship, education, and training programmes with a focus on 5G, edge AI/ML, computing, and IoT. This...

2024-04-25T00:09:36Z

NPA making strides

WHILE National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi said although she thought that in regard to state capture cases her office would have been “further down the line”, she was proud of what the NPA had achieved over the past few years since the new leadership had taken over. In the past five years almost 700 government officials had been convicted of corruption, and while some of the more complex cases, such as the Steinhoff matter and...

2024-04-25T07:13:52Z

Eskom says fewer breakdowns and reserves sufficient to keep the power on

‘We are seeing the emergence of a diversified and competitive power generation sector, comprising Eskom and former Eskom generators, PPP generators, municipal generators, hundreds of independent power producers (IPPs), and literally thousands of big, medium and small ‘prosumers’ (customers of electricity that are both producers and consumers of electricity)’

2024-04-25T04:20:53Z

Losing your protection? When protected strikes turn bad

Can a protected strike that was characterised by serious violence and intimidation “lose” its protection? In the event that a strike loses its protected status, is the dismissal of the striking workers substantively fair? This issue was considered by the Labour Court (LC) in the recent case of African Meat Industry and Allied Trade Union and others v Shave and Gibson Packaging (2024).Image source: LT Chan from PexelsIn June 2018, 161 members of...

2024-04-25T00:09:41Z

Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat goes online!

Fans of Jeremy Clarkson's farm to fork produce need no longer wait in the huge queues at his Chipping Norton farm shop as he has began to advertise his produce on Amazon Fresh.

2024-04-25T06:38:21Z

Tshwane has not met R22bn debt recovery target

Tshwane yesterday said large prepayment accounts should be in a positive and be paid in advance for the current month.

2024-04-25T03:35:50Z

Is Neo-Stratcom trying to destroy Sekunjalo and Iqbal Survé through a propaganda onslaught?

Since acquiring what was a hotly contested bid for Independent Media, one of South Africa's big four media groups, Dr Iqbal Survé has faced a never-ending barrage of negative media coverage and propaganda, some masquerading as news reports, writes Edmond Phiri.

2024-04-25T06:12:28Z

Labour can't guarantee rail fares won't rise in renationalisation plan

Shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh repeatedly dodged on whether costs could go up for travellers, merely saying there were no 'plans' for increases.

2024-04-25T08:23:32Z

Investment in giant food processing plant bears fruit

Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs MEC Siboniso Duma said they would witness the historic completion of a pipeline from the Wilmar palm oil refinery plant to the port.

2024-04-25T05:54:06Z

Historic San Francisco store owner says he's shuttering due to crime

Ken Brown and his brother Ron owned a shop on the city's historic Fisherman's Wharf for nearly 50 years, but struggled to stay afloat as the neighborhood deteriorated around them.

2024-04-24T21:07:00Z

From quiet quitting to chronoworking: The latest viral trend sweeping the corporate world

Chronoworking offers a personalized approach to the workday, promising potential benefits for stress reduction, work-life balance and even company performance, by embracing the natural rhythms of its employees.

2024-04-25T08:29:08Z

FAO issues warning on southern Africa maize shortfall

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has issued a warning that cereal production prospects in Southern Africa have taken a sharp turn for the worse since last February.Source: sarangib via PixabayThe foreseen shortfall in production, especially for maize, is expected to intensify households’ food insecurity, push up domestic prices and spur a surge in import needs across the subregion, according to a new assessment...

2024-04-25T00:09:36Z